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Exploring UFOs and Extraterrestrial LifeTue, 03 Mar 2015 20:00:32 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1UFO photo captured over Cinnamon Brow in Englandhttp://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photo-captured-over-cinnamon-brow-in-england/29794
http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photo-captured-over-cinnamon-brow-in-england/29794#commentsTue, 02 Sep 2014 19:03:06 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=29794A resident of Cinnamon Brow sent a local newspaper an image of a strange object in the skies over his home. He and his wife saw several of the objects at first, but only one was left by the time he got his camera.

]]>A resident of Cinnamon Brow sent a local newspaper an image of a strange object in the skies over his home. He and his wife saw several of the objects at first, but only one was left by the time he got his camera.

Mike Mayoux told This is Cheshire that he and his wife spotted the objects on Sunday at around 6 pm over their home in Cinnamon Brow, which is on the east side of Warrington, England. Mayoux says, “My wife saw two of them at first but I saw five before going inside to get the camera.”

However, Mayoux was not able to catch all five objects on camera. “By the time I came out with the camera, I could only see one left which I photographed using a superzoom camera at full zoom,” Mayoux said.

He continued, “I have no idea of what it is, nor am I saying it is UFO, just some strange objects in the sky which appeared to be moving very slowly but were very high… There’s probably a fully rational explanation but I would be interested in knowing what they were.”

Technically, the object is unidentified and was flying, so it is a UFO. However, I think what Mayoux means is that he is not suggesting it is an extraterrestrial spacecraft.

This is Cheshire asked readers to post their suggestions as to what Mayoux may have captured in these images, extraterrestrial spacecraft or otherwise. Although no one seemed to be convinced there were aliens flying around over Cinnamon Brow, there were suggestions of celebration balloons and weather balloons.

One comment said, “It could be a weather balloon.. the higher they go the more distorted their shape becomes due to the low pressure.”

There was another very interesting suggestion made in another comment. It said, “It’s a Dummy shaped balloon that looks like it’s been released maybe by accident. I had them for my daughters christening. Google dummy shaped balloons and you can see they are the same thing.”

I thought that was an out of the ordinary possibility, so I did Google dummy-shaped balloons. BTW, a “dummy” is a British term for what we would call a baby’s pacifier here in the U.S.

I found some balloons that are shaped similarly to the objects in the photo. Although, the balloons seem to be smaller than the objects in the photos. However, Mayoux did say he zoomed in with his “superzoom” camera, so perhaps these object were smaller than they appear in his photos.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photo-captured-over-cinnamon-brow-in-england/29794/feed0UFO photo taken at Van Lake in Turkeyhttp://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photo-taken-at-van-lake-in-turkey/29757
http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photo-taken-at-van-lake-in-turkey/29757#commentsThu, 28 Aug 2014 21:57:34 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=29757A man in Turkey believes he may have taken a photo of a UFO near Van Lake, home of the Van Lake Monster.

]]>A man in Turkey believes he may have taken a photo of a UFO near Van Lake, home of the Van Lake Monster.

Gaziantep News reports they received an email from Ahmet Baygümüş with a UFO photo attached. Baygümüş says on August 24 at around 7 pm he was taking pictures of the landscape and the sunset with his phone. He did not see anything unusual. However, when he reviewed the pictures later he saw a strange light in the image.

Baygümüş says he returned to the location the next day at the same time, but did not see anything unusual.

Baygümüş sent the image to Gaziantep News hoping they could offer an explanation as to what he might have seen. Gaziantep News suggested it appears to be some sort of light beam, and listed Baygümüş’ contact information for people to share with him their thoughts.

Given that Baygümüş did not see the light when he took the picture, it is possible that the light is due to some sort of reflection or flare happening in the phone, and the orb of light was not actually there.

Gaziantep News also noted that Van Lake is home to another paranormal mystery, the Van Lake Monster. Rumors of a strange creature living in Van Lake are said to have begun in 1995. Some researchers say there was a story in the local newspapers in 1889 of a man who was reportedly carried away by a creature that came out of the lake. Supposedly, Turkish officials were sent to the area, but did not find the monster.

In 1997, a 26 year-old man by the name of Unal Kozak claimed to have captured several videos of the Van Lake Monster. A CNN story on the video said that images were sent to Cambridge University to be examined, and that even Jacques Cousteau was planning a trip to the lake to investigate. However, neither Cambridge University nor Jacques Cousteau have presented any analysis.

Kozak’s video is still under debate, and locals are split over the existence of the Van Lake Monster. Although, everyone has fun with the legend. The town of Van has a statue depicting the monster.

Van Lake Monster statue in the town of Van, Turkey. (Credit: http://roberthood.net)

Did Kozak capture a genuine lake monster in his videos? Did Baygümüş capture an image with a light flare or something more mysterious? Do mysterious orbs of light have anything to do with lake monsters? So many mysteries, so few answers. Let us know what you think.

]]>Multiple witnesses reported glowing orbs of light in the night skies over North Carolina beaches this weekend. The UFO sightings, along with a couple pictures of the objects, were submitted to WWAY out of Wilmington, NC, who reported on the unusual objects.

Woozy Dell told WWAY that she spotted the lights Saturday night over Ocean Isle beach, where she is vacationing. “I thought that’s a strange light. Maybe it’s a helicopter light, and I was watching them go, and they sorta did like a half circle,” Dell said. She continued, “And then I saw another one come, and then I thought this is bizarre, and it got a little interesting.”

One of the images of the UFO provided by the witness. (Credit: Woozy Dell/WWAY)

Then more lights began to appear. Dell says, “So I saw two, and then I started seeing three, and then I started seeing four, and then I started counting them, because I thought, ‘My gosh. What is this?”

She described the orbs as “orangeish-red, but when it went back around it was white.”

The second image of the UFO provided by the witness. (Credit: Woozy Dell/WWAY)

The next day, Dell asked around to see if anyone else had seen the lights, and she says at least one person told her they had.

WWAY says they also received an email from another person who claims to have seen UFOs on Saturday at nearby Wrightsville Beach. This person said they were with a friend. In the email, the witness describes seeing similar strange lights at around 4 a.m. They watched the objects for around three hours. The witness says they thought the lights were planets at first, but then they began making “erratic motions.”

An excerpt of the email sent to WWAY about the UFO sighting at Wrightsville Beach. (Credit: WWAY)

WWAY contacted the Brunswick County dispatch, but were told dispatch had not received any reports of strange lights on Saturday.

Map of Wilmington. Ocean Isle Beach is at the marker on the bottom left. Wrightsville Beach is in the upper right. (Credit: Google Maps)

Dell says of her sighting, “It is certainly an unidentified object, and it was in the sky, and then went away, and it was, the lights, were so unusual that it was something you don’t forget.”

She also hopes to see the objects again. “I have to admit,” Dell laughed, “I did go out the next night looking. And tonight looks like a clear night, so…”

UPDATE 8/22/2014:

We were sent a link to a video by Gary Travis, another resident of Ocean Isle Beach, who says he and his daughter also saw some mysterious lights recently. Their sighting was on June 10, 2014, and he was able to catch it on video. Although he says he was not able to catch much, and it is hard to see on YouTube, there clearly are several lights that blink on and off.

In his video’s description, Travis writes:

My daughter and I were on the beach house deck around 10 PM on June 10, 2014. We observed 6 small twinkling lights at high altitude with no sound approach from the West. My camcorder did pick up the twinkling lights but they are not visible on Youtube due to their downgrade of the video. I captured four flare like orbs as the twinkling lights passed near the moon ( visible at the top of the screen ). Later, I observed dozens of similar orbs appear at random during the next hour far out over the ocean to the south. They seemed much further away and lasted for 5-10 seconds before fading out. Please set YouTube to HD 1080P setting for best quality.

Some people have suggested these lights are all Chinese Lanterns. While the pictures in the original story above could be the results of lanterns, other witness descriptions seem to indicate something else. This latest video also does not seem to be typical for Chinese Lanterns. We at OpenMinds.tv did an experiment with Chinese Lanterns to show what they look like on video, and I posted that video below for comparison.

Let us know what you think.

Just got another report via twitter:

@openmindstv@AstroATR I was vacationing in OakIsland NC from Fri15-Tue19-Sat morn went out on the balcony 2 smoke saw lights around 3:30 am

@openmindstv@AstroATR I was vacationing in OakIsland NC from Fri15-Tue19-Sat morn went out on the balcony 2 smoke saw lights around 3:30 am

UPDATE 8/27/2014:

We emailed the local chapter of MUFON in North Carolina, and received some more information about the sightings. North Carolina MUFON Director Lakita Adams says, “We had a kind of mini ‘flap’ in mid June also, and a military spokesperson from Camp Lejeune told one of our FIs that there were military exercises going on in the area. ” She also sent us a link to a story about military exercises that were going on the days before the sightings at Camp Lejuene.

North Carolina MUFON Assistant Director Isreal Curiel says, “We had already heard about the sighting from the professor of theology at Wilmington University. She and her husband (a skeptic) saw them the same night. The MUFON database has over 120 sightings from New Hanover county. We went there last year and got many incredible stories from locals that came to our meeting.”

Cureil continued, “It is the most active area of NC. Many of the witness we have spoken to have even seen them coming out of the ocean. I went down in September of 2013 to see for myself and saw an orange orb in Myrtle Beach SC. The two cities are very close.”

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/ufos-seen-multiple-witnesses-north-carolina-beaches-photos/29639/feed9UFO appears in two photos of witness in Ukrainehttp://www.openminds.tv/ufo-appears-two-photos-witness-ukraine/29283
http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-appears-two-photos-witness-ukraine/29283#commentsFri, 01 Aug 2014 23:34:45 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=29283A Ukraine witness at Izmail reported that a UFO appeared in two photographs taken less than six seconds apart with no sound or light being observed, according to August 1, 2014, testimony in Case 58570 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

]]>A Ukraine witness at Izmail reported that a UFO appeared in two photographs taken less than six seconds apart with no sound or light being observed, according to August 1, 2014, testimony in Case 58570 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness stepped outside onto a balcony about 6:31 a.m. on July 14, 2014, where he got the idea to take two photographs of the sky about six seconds apart from each other.

]]>A California witness at San Simeon reported photographing an unexplained object while touring the famous Hearst Castle, according to July 30, 2014, testimony in Case 58513 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

Witness photograph. (Credit: MUFON)

The witness was touring the property designed by architect Julia Morgan for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and was taking photographs about 11:15 a.m. on July 25, 2014. Two days later while reviewing images on a computer, the witness noticed an anomaly in one photograph.

“One picture of the towers on the front of the Hearst mansion had a bird flying in it so I zoomed in to look at the bird and noticed an unidentifiable object towards the top of the picture,” the witness stated. “It does not have wings and appears to be a ‘typical’ flying saucer type object. I did not notice this object when I was actually taking the pictures and no one in my family noticed it that day which leads me to believe it was not making any sound or was too high to be heard.”

Photograph provided by the witness with the UFO circled. (Credit: MUFON)

Close-up of the object. (Credit: MUFON)

The witness included two images with the MUFON report: Image 1 and Image 2.

Hearst Castle swimming pool. (Credit: Stan Shebs/Wikimedia Commons)

The witness is curious if the object in the photo can be identified. California MUFON is investigating. California has a current UFO Alert Rating of 2 with a high number of recent reports nationally. California had 107 June reports and was the highest reporting state. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 150 or more reports for the month are rated an Alert 1; states with 100 or more reports are rated an Alert 2; 25 reports or more for the month are rated an Alert 3; 13 or more reports are rated an Alert 4; and those states with less than 13 reports for the month are an Alert 5.

]]>A Texas witness at Gainesville reported an “entire block filled with people” watched a large, triangle-shaped UFO that moved low over her neighborhood about 11 p.m. on June 26, 2014, according to testimony in Case 57403 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness said neighbors along Tyler Street in Gainesville, TX, pictured, were lined up in the street watching the large, triangle-shaped UFO on June 26, 2014. (Credit: Google Maps)

The witness was returning home from work and traveling along Tyler Street in Gainesville when she noticed the entire block filled with people looking up into the sky and talking about a UFO.

“Many took footage on cell phones,” the witness stated. “The lights were lined up horizontally, and then right before it disappeared, the lights instantly lined up vertically as if the object turned on its side and then sped away.”

The witness was driving home from work when the crowd of people in the street was noticed – all watching a UFO. Pictured: Tyler Street, Gainesville, TX. (Credit: Google)

The witness said the object was very large.

“Looked like a solid object larger than a plane. No feelings other than awe.”

Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, TX, population 16,002.

The witness stated that many people were taking photos of the low flying UFO, although no images were included with the MUFON report. Pictured: Tyler Street, Gainesville, TX. (Credit: Google)

Texas MUFON is investigating. Texas has a current UFO Alert Rating of 3 with a high number of recent reports nationally. Texas had 30 UFO reports in May 2014 – the 4th highest reporting state – while California had 102 reports as the highest reporting state. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 150 or more reports for the month are rated an Alert 1; states with 100 or more reports are rated an Alert 2; 25 reports or more for the month are rated an Alert 3; 13 or more reports are rated an Alert 4; and those states with less than 13 reports for the month are an Alert 5.

Correction: This story was originally posted with images from MUFON Case 57407 from Caldwell, NJ. No images were submitted by the witness in Gainesville. Our apologies for the mix-up.

]]>An Alabama witness at Centerville reported watching a dull red, cross-shaped object moving just above the tree line at 9:15 p.m. on June 4, 2014, according to testimony in Case 56846 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness had just returned home and was outside when a star-like object was first noticed moving south to north at high altitude. The witness went inside briefly to retrieve a camera and several minutes later noticed the second object.

“I observed what appeared to be an almost cross-shaped object slightly descending from the western sky,” the witness stated.

The witness began to take photos of this low altitude object.

“I quickly began to take pictures of this dull red object as it tracked across the sky seemingly just above the tree line going from west to northeast.”

The witness included three images with the MUFON report, which was filed on June 5, 2014 – Image 1, Image 2 and Image 3.

The witness reported that the object looked like a cross as it moved just above the tree line on June 4, 2014. The image was cropped and enlarged. (Credit: MUFON)

The witness described the object as being a dull red color. This is a cropped and enlarged version of the witness image. (Credit: MUFON)

The witness first saw an unusual star-like object and several minutes later the cross-shaped object appeared much lower in altitude just above the tree line. This is a cropped and enlarged version of the witness photograph. (Credit: MUFON)

Alabama MUFON is investigating. Centerville is a city in and the county seat of Bibb County, AL, population 2,778. Wisconsin has a current UFO Alert Rating of 5 with a low number of recent reports nationally. Alabama had 12 UFO reports in May 2014 – the 18th highest reporting state – while California had 102 reports as the highest reporting state. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 150 or more reports for the month are rated an Alert 1; states with 100 or more reports are rated an Alert 2; 25 reports or more for the month are rated an Alert 3; 13 or more reports are rated an Alert 4; and those states with less than 13 reports for the month are an Alert 5.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/cross-shaped-ufo-reported-tree-line-small-alabama-town/28086/feed0UFO photobombs selfie in the UKhttp://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photobombs-selfie-uk/27042
http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photobombs-selfie-uk/27042#commentsFri, 18 Apr 2014 22:33:06 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=27042Just in time for Friday, a UFO apparently photobombed a party selfie in the UK.

]]>Just in time for Friday, a UFO apparently photobombed a party selfie in the UK. A couple of buddies in the UK warming up at the bar for a football (presumably soccer) game caught a surprise guest in their selfie while waiting for their ride to the game.

Dave Harding and Liam Heeney were outside of Grimsby’s Spider’s Web pub early Sunday morning having a beer when they took the picture. They were waiting for a minibus full of friends to take them to a game in Liverpool.

In the photo you can see they are having a good time. They didn’t notice the mysterious object in the picture until they uploaded their photo to Facebook and their friends pointed it out.

Harding told the Grimsby Telegraph, “I can’t say I believe in UFOs myself, but we took loads of photos that day and there was nothing on any of the others, so it’s not like it could have been a mark on the lens or anything. It’s all a bit strange!”

Heeney felt similarly. He says, “I’ve never believed in UFOs before, but now I’ve seen the picture I’m not so sure.”

He swears they did not Photoshop the picture. He says neither of them is very technology minded.

Often, photos in which the object is not seen while the image is being taken turn out to be mundane objects like birds or bugs. They are things we typically do not make note of. Images like this could be the result of a bug that is close to the camera, rather than a large object off in the distance.

Close-up of the object.

Heeney is quite certain that whatever it is they captured in the image, it is not normal. He says, “I’m not one of those people who says they’ve experienced close encounters, but there’s definitely something up there!”

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-photobombs-selfie-uk/27042/feed0Another incredible triangle UFO photo emergeshttp://www.openminds.tv/another-incredible-triangle-ufo-photo-emerges/27021
http://www.openminds.tv/another-incredible-triangle-ufo-photo-emerges/27021#commentsFri, 18 Apr 2014 19:28:08 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=27021Last month the photograph of a triangular craft in Texas that could not be identified made the news. Now another spectacular photo of a triangular craft has surfaced, this time in Kansas. This latest pictures was actually taken in February in Wichita, Kansas, but was just featured on KSN in Kansas this week. Amateur photographer ...

Templin told KSN that the object was “Right over the city, clear as a bell. Anyone that was looking up would have seen it. You don’t usually see military or even civilian aircraft’s jets that leave contrails making those kinds of severe departures off of the given route.”

He also said the aircraft was making 180 degree turns in the shape of an “S.” He says the craft was completely silent.

When Templin got home he zoomed in on the object and was surprised to see the triangular shape. He says it is “not like anything you typically see.”

According to the aviation experts KSN talked to, they agree. None of them were able to identify the craft.

KSN also spoke with nearby McConnell Air Force Base. They also were unable to identify the craft. They suggested it may be a B-2 bomber, however, they could not confirm it and they added that if it is a B-2, it is not one of theirs.

A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base recedes from the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing McConnell Air Force Base. (Credit: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class John Linzmeier)

Although the object is still unidentified, thus warrants the UFO status, most agree that it is a man-made object of some sort.

Templin says, “It was one of ours or at least man-made for sure, so unidentified yes, but alien, no.”

This is the second sighting of a triangular craft leaving a contrail in the last few months. Last month Aviation Week featured the story of a UFO photo taken in Texas. This object was seen accompanied by two other similar aircraft.

Triangular UFO photo taken in Texas. (Credit: Dean Muskett)

Photos of that object were taken by Steve Douglass and Dean Muskett. The two men monitor radio transmissions hoping for a glimpse at top secret military aircraft. In this case, the transmissions they intercepted indicated that the aircraft was manned, possibly ruling out the possibility of being an unmanned drone.

Still, some have suggested that the aircraft in these images could be experimental unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), such as the X-47B or the X-48C.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/another-incredible-triangle-ufo-photo-emerges/27021/feed2Witness photographs spinning UFO in Waleshttp://www.openminds.tv/witness-photographs-spinning-ufo-wales/26983
http://www.openminds.tv/witness-photographs-spinning-ufo-wales/26983#commentsWed, 16 Apr 2014 19:33:27 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=26983A young woman in Wales took several pictures of a UFO that she says appeared to be a silver spinning object as large as a car.

]]>A young woman in Wales took several pictures of a UFO that she says appeared to be a silver spinning object as large as a car.

Elyse O’Neill says she was in her back yard smoking a cigarette when she spotted the object in a clear blue sky. It was moving very fast, then stopped in front if her before splitting in two, moving back together, and then flying off again at a very fast pace.

“It was hovering, spinning like a top,” she says. “It was so bizarre, it took my breath away.”

First UFO image. (Credit: Elsye O’Neill/Western Telegraph)

O’Neill says the battery in her phone was too low to take a video, but she did snap several pictures. She said, “I’ve never seen anything move so fast. I’ve seen a shooting star before and it was faster than that – there’s no way it could be man-made, it moved too fast.”

She noticed the sheep in a nearby field also seemed to have a reaction to the object. She says, “I’m a country girl and I know what sheep sound like, but the sheep in the field beyond were making a horrible, high pitched sound all the time it was there.”

Once the object was gone she says “the sheep fell silent. It was chilling.”

Second UFO image. (Credit: Elsye O’Neill/Western Telegraph)

O’Neill posted the pictures on Facebook and showed them to family and friends. She says that relatives told her that her grandmother and aunt had also had a UFO sighting in that area in the past.

Although O’Neill feels that what she saw was not of this earth, she remains skeptical it was of extraterrestrial origins. She says, “I can’t explain it. It moved too fast to be of this earth, but I don’t believe in aliens.”

Third UFO image. (Credit: Elsye O’Neill/Western Telegraph)

The Daily Mail asked UFO researcher Nick Pope to look at the photographs. He said:

This is truly bizarre and what makes it particularly mysterious is the description of the way the object moved from a hover to a high speed in an instant. This rules out most of the conventional explanations such as aircraft lights, a meteor/fireball, or a Chinese lantern. Perhaps it was some new secret, prototype spy plane or drone, but if not, it’s a genuine mystery. It would be fascinating to find out if anything unusual was tracked on radar.

Others have suggested that the lights in the picture are reflections of a light inside of a home reflecting on a window. However, O’Neill claimed to be outside.

O’Neill says, “I just want people to see what I saw and let them make their own minds up about what they think it was.”